Antique Print-GERMANY-KLEVE-ELTENBERG-FORSTGARTEN-AMPHITHEATRE-Spilman-1750

Subject: Plate : 'Den Eltenberg, te zien uit het Amphitheater te Kleef - L'Eltenberg, regarde du cote de l'Amphitheatre'. (The Eltenberg viewed from the Amphitheatre in Kleve.) This plate shows a view of the 'Forstgarten' in Kleve, with an allee focussed on the Eltenberg in the background.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning. Rear blank. Please study scans carefully.

Medium: Original copperplate engraving / etching on a verge type hand laid paper. Original folds.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 46 x 28.5 cm. The image size is ca. 40 x 25 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 18.1 x 11.2 inch. The image size is ca. 15.7 x 9.8 inch.

Part Number: 21922

Location: A210-11

Description: This original antique print originates from a 1752 edition of: 'De Stad Kleef, haar Gezondheidsbron, en omliggende landsdouwen, in kunstprenten verbeeld.', by Pieter Langendyk, published in Haarlem by Jan Bosch, 1745-1760.

Artists and Engravers: Engraved by H. Spilman after J. de Beijer. Jan de Beijer (1703 - 1780), also given as Jan de Beyer, was a Dutch draughtsman and painter known for this drawings of towns and buildings in the present-day countries of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. In total, he produced some 1500 drawings, over 600 of which were reproduced as engravings by other artists. Hendrik Spilman (Dutch 1721-1784): engraver and designer of mostly town and city views.